Mealey's (December 10, 2018, 3:09 PM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Evidence that railcars outfitted with asbestos insulation were present at the same large industrial facility as a man does not meet Kansas’ but-for causation standard and involves safety issues subject to preemption, a defendant told a federal judge in Kansas on Dec. 7 in a pair of motions seeking a directed verdict (Nancy Little, et al. v. The Budd Co., No. 16-4170, D. Kan.)....